Images from the Sea Shore
Opens June 7, 2013
At the Museum in the John and Peggy Maximus Gallery

See a snapshot of the seashore in this summer exhibit in the Maximus Gallery. Nineteenth century prints of shorebirds from the Museum’s art collection will be on display. Learn about current research by our Museum scientists on shorebirds and marine animals. Draw real specimens of birds, shells and crabs in the gallery.

People of the Sky:
Bird spirits in American Indian life
Opens November 8, 2013
At the Museum in the John and Peggy Maximus Gallery

Throughout human history, birds have provided people with food, materials for tool making, and feathers for ceremony. Linking the terrestrial realm with the sky, birds also serve as powerful symbols in myth, religion, and art. Scientific illustrations are paired with artifacts from the Museum's Anthropology collection to demonstrate the cross-cultural importance of birds in both Western art and American Indian life.